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Shen Tan was still as enthusiastic as usual, went out to greet him, and said with a smile: "The fourth brother is newly married, and you still have time to go out for a stroll?" ”

"Hugh mentions it." Xu Ji really didn't want to mention it.

Shen Tan laughed and invited the guests into the house.

Ma Wei was also there, sitting at the table, nodding his head slightly, saying "congratulations", and the smile on his face was faint as if he was white gas coming out of his mouth.

"For the sake of dividing the kings, the incarnation king really spared no blood." Shen Tan spoke first, "But I know that the fourth brother will definitely not enter the palace." ”

"Or King Jin understands me." Xu Ji didn't call him "third brother" in front of Ma Wei, he told his thoughts again, and when he temporarily handed over the magic stick to Gan Zhao for safekeeping, Ma Wei was very surprised.

"I can't trust this man." Ma Wei blurted out, seeing that Xu Ji didn't seem to take it very seriously, he added: "I have more contact with Gan Zhao, this person is kind and ruthless, and he is the best at pretending to be stupid, as if he doesn't understand anything, and let others take ideas, but in fact, he has a fixed number in his heart, and secretly conspires." ”

Shen Tan also said: "The king of the incarnation is suspicious and murderous, and he is willing to recruit him for no reason, but he can hold on to it under him so far, unharmed, but called the king, there must be something outstanding, and the fourth brother should not be underestimated." ”

Ma Wei nodded, and said: "Take this entry into the city as an example, everyone else brought 3,000 people, but he only brought a few hundred people, deliberately showing weakness to the kings, and he must mention that he wants to go to Yizhou, as if he has no interest in the eastern capital." But he can hide it from others, but he can't hide it from me, and I know that he has been trying his best to win over the soldiers of the descending army and take it for his own use. The trick of marrying a daughter of the incarnated king may have been learned from him, and Gan Zhao alone adopted more than a dozen righteous sons and daughters, all of whom married with the leaders of the army. ”

"Gan Zhao is very good at winning people's hearts from the details." Shen Tan interjected.

Ma Wei said: "Exactly, Gan Zhao's wife and Huang Tieniang are like sisters, and they say good things for their husbands. ”

"Xue Liujia didn't notice this?" Xu Ji asked.

Ma Wei smiled and shook his head, "Gan Zhao is very careful, and he thinks he is good at recognizing people, and the people he has wooed are not close relatives of the Xue family, let alone generals in the army, but some small leaders, so he has gained a reputation as an approachable and courteous corporal." These small leaders are also grateful to Gan Zhao, and although they are not in his army, they are willing to go to the trouble for him. ”

Xu Ji smiled: "The King of Shu really has some real skills. ”

Ma Wei said: "King Wu doesn't believe my words? ”

"King Liang thinks too much, how can I not believe it? I've known for a long time that a good recruit is an extraordinary person. ”

Ma Wei said: "The reason why I know this is because Gan Zhao used to be incompetent and came to win over my people, but unfortunately he didn't succeed, although there are few Liang people, but he misses the old dynasty and has no second heart for me, so he told me Gan Zhao's words as they were." After that, I watched what Gan Zhao did, and soon saw his true face. ”

Shen Tan said: "The fourth brother handed over the incarnation stick to Gan Zhao for safekeeping, I'm afraid it was a bit of a mistake. ”

Xu Ji said: "Xue Liujia has a plan to divide the world, I have to do the opposite, if I don't make some gestures, how can I be willing to attract trust?" As King Liang said, Gan Zhao is good at winning over small leaders, and the incarnation army inside and outside the city has his people, and winning his heart is the foundation for cutting off Xue Liujia. ”

Shen and Ma glanced at each other, and Shen Tan said, "It's good that the fourth brother knows it." ”

Ma Wei couldn't help but say: "But I'm really a little confused now, what is King Wu's plan in his heart?" The king's army gathered in Xicheng, King Wu abandoned it, but entered the palace alone, got to descend to the world, married the daughter of the ancestor king, I and the king of Jin were still talking about this matter just now, and they all thought that King Wu wanted to do a risky plan, which was very unwise. ”

Shen Tan nodded in agreement.

Xu Ji said: "Let the two brothers worry." Huang Tieniang led the woman into the city, I thought she was instructed by Xue Liujia to take the opportunity to seize the city gate, but later found that although Xue Liujia had this intention, Huang Tieniang did not know. So I sent her to the palace, and by the way, I listened to Xue Liujia's movements, and it was not my expectation that she would marry a girl. ”

Ma Wei shook his head, "King Wu's move is too risky, if Xue Liujia does it in the palace, no one can save King Wu, if King Wu has anything, the kings will be in chaos." ”

Xu Ji said with a smile: "Things in the world are often like this, I know but the enemy doesn't know, the enemy knows but I don't know, Xue Liujia's most feared people are King Jin and King Ning, I entered the palace alone, he felt that it was useless to kill me, he would only find a way to buy me, and the means were indeed unexpected." ”

Ma Wei was about to speak, and Shen Tan said: "The fourth brother must have a clever plan, can you let the two of us understand some eyebrows first, and make some preparations to cooperate with the fourth brother." ”

"That's what I'm here for." Xu Ji looked at the two of them and put away the smile on his face, "Xue Liujia thinks he has a plan, and he will soon gather the kings again, on the surface, I opened his mouth, but it was actually his idea." When the kings come, he will strike. My plan is similar to his, and I also want to take advantage of the gathering to imprison Xue Liujia. ”

"Don't you kill?" Ma Wei asked suspiciously.

"If you don't kill him for the time being, you have to use him to appease the descending army outside the city."

Shen and Ma glanced at each other again, and they fell into a dilemma: if you trust King Wu, you have to go to the party, and this is exactly what Xue Liujia meant; If you don't believe in King Wu, the kings will be divided, and Xue Liujia's plan will also be hit.

Xu Ji understood what the two of them were thinking, and said: "Please give me a list of the two brothers, I want to select warriors from the Jin and Liang armies, and this time it will not end without a problem." ”

Shen Tan and Ma Wei felt a little relieved at this time, and even said that it was not necessary, at Xu Ji's insistence, Ma Wei said: "I don't have to make a list, Pan Kai is now in Wu Wang's army, you go to him and let him pick people, there is no mistake." ”

Shen Tan also said: "Yuan Ting and Shi Wanfeng are two generals of the Jin army, and they are familiar with the soldiers, King Wu can find the two of them, and I will send someone to inform them, but King Wu's orders are obeyed." ”

"Very well, please wait for my news, two brothers. When the kings are invited, there must be a letter, and if it says, 'Wu is clumsy,' it means that I will be able to sell it, and if there is no such word, or if there is a deviation from the word, it is not a proper plan, and the two brothers must not be invited. ”

"As it should be. What about King Ning's side? Won't it happen again? Shen Tan asked, remembering the scene of the first gathering in the palace vividly, and regarded Ning Baoguan's various actions as betrayal.

"So this time, I don't need King Ning's people, just let him watch."

"Do you want to take the opportunity to ...... with him" Ma Wei had a flash of inspiration and came up with an idea, he was both afraid and hated Ning Baoguan.

"It's just that getting rid of the leader of the Descendant Army is of no great use to us, and it will add to the chaos. first imprisoned Xue Liujia, and then Tuning held the pass, all to compete for the heart of the descending army as the top priority. Xu Ji replied.

Ma Wei knew the importance of having more soldiers and generals, and nodded: "What King Wu said is reasonable. ”

Xu Ji said goodbye and didn't ask Xue Liujia if he had won over the two kings with a heavy promise, because he knew that he would not hear the truth.

In the room, when the two kings were silent for a long time, Ma Wei spoke first: "Xu Ji's heart is as deep as the sea, I see that his ambition has increased these days, and he is no longer the imprisoned person of the year, let's be more careful." ”

Shen Tan sighed lightly, "It's a pity that the fourth brother refuses to be used by others, otherwise, he would be a rare advisor, and he will be crowned king and marquis in the future." ”

"He can't forget that he is the son of the princess of Wu Kingdom." Ma Wei scoffed.

Shen Tan smiled, not pointing out that Ma Wei often put the words "Emperor Liang" on his lips, "Should we believe him this time?" ”

"Wait and see. If he was sincere, it was a good plan. ”

"Yes, there are nearly 200,000 soldiers in the Descending Army, even if you choose one of the two, you can get 100,000 elite soldiers, with the food and equipment of the Eastern Capital, it can be said that it is the capital of the emperor......" Shen Tan stopped in time and laughed: "The fourth brother has too many things on his mind, too heavy, and he is not as strong as you and me." ”

Ma Wei also laughed, and he was also thinking about the incarnation army inside and outside the city, under Xue Liujia, it was a group of rabble, if he was willing to submit to himself, Daliang would not be in a corner.

After visiting the kings, Xu Ji was in a much better mood, and swept away the depression of last night, but he still didn't want to go back to the General's Mansion, so he called the guards and went to the palace to meet Xue Liujia.

This is a game of deceiving each other to gain trust, and whoever pays first is the loser.

Meng Seng Lun also happened to come back, he had already sent the "people in the wall" outside the city, and he didn't ask anything, knowing that King Wu was secretly prepared, he was much more sure-footed.

After the kings entered the city, they did not plunder, the people in the city were a little quieter, and there were more people on the streets, some buying and selling, everything was as usual, but the prices of goods rose several times, causing some small disputes.

Xu Ji rode a horse and walked down the street, suddenly returning to the past, Zhang was still the emperor, and he was still imprisoned.

Wu Bing, who opened the road in front, broke his illusion and said a few words "the ruling king has arrived", startling back many pedestrians, and occasionally a bold person hid in the alley to watch, his eyes dodged, reminding Xu Ji that he had indeed captured the eastern capital.

Xu Ji noticed one thing, although the pedestrians are mostly old and weak, women and children, there are also some middle-aged men, it seems that Fei Xun's words are true, there are many strong men hidden in the eastern capital, they do not fight for the emperor, they would rather see the fall of the eastern capital.

"If I monopolize the eastern capital, I will be able to draw people to serve me." Xu Ji said secretly.

Xue Liujia still lived in the main hall, and when he saw Xu Ji, he smiled and said, "My good son-in-law is here, you ...... Where is the Emperor Killer Stick? ”

"I'll hand it over to the King of Shu for temporary safekeeping."

Xue Liujia was shocked, got up and went down the steps, and came to the "good son-in-law", "What do you mean by this?" ”

"The king of Shu said to me that the ancestor promised him the three western states and allowed him to be the emperor?"

Xue Liujia was slightly embarrassed, "Anyway, Sanzhou is not in my hands, and I won't lose anything to him, and I can reassure him." ”

"The four kings of Shu, Ning, Jin, and Liang, one person and three states, the world is not enough."

Xue Liujia laughed, "The son-in-law thinks too much, everyone counts the state, and there are many repetitions in the middle, temporarily calm his mind, and in the end, he can't escape from a state." ”

"I guess this is what the ancestral king meant, so I temporarily handed over the magic stick to the king of Shu, and went to meet the king of Jin and the king of Liang, and I have gained their trust, so I can summon them and catch them all."

Xue Liujia was stunned, he did have this idea, and before he could speak, the "good son-in-law" actually preemptively carried it out, "You really ...... And what about King Ning? ”

"King Ning is not easy to convince, but since the three kings are removed, King Ning is lonely and difficult to support, and he is not enough to fear."

Xue Liujia looked at Xu Ji again, "Are you really willing to get rid of the kings for me?" ”

Xu Ji arched his hand, "For Lord Yue, but also for myself, if Lord Yuezhang can give me all the soldiers of the kings......"

Xue Liujia laughed and patted the shoulder of the "good son-in-law", "I understand, I understand, I really didn't see the wrong person." But let's talk about my daughter first, she wasn't very happy last night. You won't ...... You really don't understand anything, do you? ”

Xu Ji fell from the "world" to the "bed" again.